16.11.2011
Co-authors of the book, End-of-Life Care: Ethics and Law celebrated its publication by Cork University Press in the Jennings Gallery on the 16th November 2011
(L-R) Dr. Dolores Dooley, Department of General Practice, RCSI; Dr. Mary Donnelly, Department of Law, UCC, Dr. Joan McCarthy, School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC, Dr. Louise Campbell, Swan Fellow in Medical Ethics, Trinity College Dublin
Enlarged photo shows celebrating the launch of the book, End-of-Life Care: Ethics and Law in the Jennings Gallery, Brookfield Health Sciences on the 16th November 2011,
(L-R) Professor William Molloy, Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation; Mr. Mervyn Taylor, Irish Hospice Foundation; Dr. Dolores Dooley, Department of General Practice, RCSI; Dr. Mary Donnelly, Department of Law, UCC, Dr. Joan McCarthy, School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC, Dr. Louise Campbell, Swan Fellow in Medical Ethics, Trinity College Dublin; Professor Geraldine McCarthy, School of Nursing and Midwifery; Mr. Mike Collins, Cork University Press and Professor John Higgins, Head of College of Medicine and Health.
End-of-Life Care: Ethics and Law addresses some of the most pressing ethical and legal challenges in relation to death and dying that health professionals, patients and families must face. The book is a user friendly and practical guide to ethically sound and legally valid decision-making in hospital and healthcare settings at the end of life in Ireland. Topics include: Breaking Bad News; Healthcare Decision-making and the Role of Rights; Patient Autonomy in Law and Practice; The Ethics of Managing Pain; Confidentiality; The Ethics of Life Prolonging Treatment; Ethical Governance in Clinical Care.
It is available from Cork University Press, John Smith’s Bookshop on the main campus and all good bookstores.
